Handel, Biber, Bach

Stop. Listen. Breathe. We invite you to immerse yourself in the astonishing clarity of four musicians, together and alone. Rising star Charlotte Bowden offers upbeautifully reflective and philosophical Handel, while violin, cello, and theorbo each take their turn in the limelight. Bach’s mesmerising and forthright third suite for solo cello contrasts with the obsessive tread of Biber’s ‘Guardian Angel’ Passacaglia, the final movement of his astonishing Mystery Sonatas.

George Frideric Handel Die ihr aus dunkeln Grüften, HWV 208
George Frideric Handel In den angenehmen Büschen, HWV 209
Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger Toccata No.1 from Book 4 of D’Intavolatura di chitarrone
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber ‘Guardian Angel’ Passacaglia
Georg Phillip Telemann Ihr Volker hort TWV 1:921
Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suite No.3 BWV 1009
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer Sonata No.3 in G minor
George Frideric Handel Künft’ger Zeiten eitler Kummer, HWV 202
George Frideric Handel Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle, HWV 205

Charlotte Bowden soprano
Sophia Prodanova violin
Jonathan Manson cello
Alex McCartney theorbo